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FACULTY OF HEALTH
VOCATIONAL COURSES:
- The Care Certificate, 15 Standards.(click here for upgrade video clip)
- Health and Social Care Level 2
- Health and Social Care Level 3
- Health and Social Care Leadership, Level 4 and 5
- New manager's Induction in Health and Social Leadership and Management
SPECIALISED TRAININGS AND SHORT COURSES
HEALTH SUPPORT WORK AND CLINICAL COURSES
CSTF aligned training at the West Midlands Open College will help you to become eligible to work in the NHS, Nursing homes and more; as a support worker; updates for Nurses are made easy with CSTF aligned training. The training has two main parts namely;
Part I: Statutory/Mandatory subjects in the UK Core Skills Training Framework
Part II: Clinical/Care subjects in the UK Core Skills Training Framework
You may take only one of them or both depending on the needs for your training.
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BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP FACULTY
The professional courses:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, (LEVEL 3 EQUIVALENT RQF):
- Business Planning
- Cognitive and Action
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Stepping Out
- Investing in other business portfolios
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LEADERSHIP (LEVEL 4/5 EQUIVALENT RQF):
- Management and growth
- Business Development and Networking
- Growing a business portfolio and negotiation
DIASPORA ENTREPRENEURSHIP (LEVEL 3 EQUIVALENT TO RQF):
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FACULTY OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION AND TRAINING, QNUK RQF, LEVEL 3:
Broader Topics:
- Principles of lesson planning
- Principles of Assessment
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Equality and Inclusive learning
- Educational Policy
ASSESSOR QUALIFICATIONS, QNUK, RQF, LEVEL 3:
- Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement, QNUK, RQF, Level 3
- Award in Assessing Vocational Related Achievement, QNUK, RQF, Level 3
- Award in Understanding Principals and Practices of Assessment, QNUK, RQF, Level 3
The courses are suitable for those wishing to deliver learning in a wide range of environments ranging from a classroom setting in learning institution to vocational training in the work place. The educational courses are externally accredited in the UK by QNUK examboard.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL COURSES
- Train the trainer in Moving and Handling
- Train the trainer in Fire Safety
- Train the trainer in Fire Marshal
- Train the trainer in Business
- Train the trainer in Coaching and Mentorship
- Assessing Professional Qualifications
- Education and Training Work based Instructor
All the above sit on the Education and Training courses and are applied to your subject specific area in which you want to train aother people. What we give you is the instructor skills.Click here for indepth course description. Ask the centre for more support in understanding it, if need be, before you apply.
FACULTY OF BIBLICAL LIFE STUDIES
Professional Theology Faith Affirmative
Broader faith-based topics:
- Church Leadership and Management
- The Vision of the Church.
- The fivefold ministries and ideal church (local congregation structure)
- Community engagement and leadership of a church within a community, making the church relevant.
- Supporting the overall vision of the Church of Christ and evangelism strategies
- International Missions the cultural nuances
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FACULTY OF LANGUAGES
ENGLISH
Level 1:
· Understand and use effective strategies to process spoken language.
· Communicate orally in English for personal, social, and academic purposes.
· Reading and writing.
· Comprehension of texts of varying length
· Vocabulary and grammar.
· writing skills to express ideas
Level 2:
· Understand and use spoken English effectively.
· Communicate orally in English for personal, social, and academic purposes.
· Apply critical thinking skills.
· Read and comprehend texts of varying length at intermediate level.
· Enhanced knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.
· Understand and use effective writing skills to express ideas and give information
· Introduction to prose
Level 3
· Understand and use spoken English effectively for academic and business environments
· Communicate orally in English for personal, social, and academic purposes and business presentation.
· Apply critical thinking skills to text and analysis of prose writing.
· Read and comprehend texts of varying length at upper level. Study of books of selected leadings English Authors.
· More advanced knowledge of vocabulary and grammar-use complex statements with clauses and 3D statements.
· Understand and use effective writing skills to express ideas and give information
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FACULTY OF CONTINUING LEARNING
Access to University
West Midlands Open College has introduced university foundation courses (UFC). These are Level 3 courses, which form a bridge or gateway to University. These are following discipline streams:
Science, Business, Information & Communication Technology and Computing.
PROFESSIONAL GCSEs
The professional GCSEs are for those who have had no success at secondary or even primary education, but they want to aquire a qualification. The age group is above 16 and there is no upper limit.Click here for more info.
When you study with West Midlands Open College, potential progression routes are:
Acceptance to several reputable Universities in the UK and worldwide to pursue your undergraduate studies in one of the following career routes, as long as you satisfy their other entry requirements. Click here fore more info.
